I just want to leave a positive memory of setting an example and bringing our youth with us.

I want to share the ballet world with everyone.

I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.

Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.

I try to consider people's perspectives and not just my own.

Going on stage and transcending the audience and becoming this otherworldly thing makes you a dancer. It's not so black and white.

My goal has always been to be a principal dancer with ABT.